Vegan Apple Cider Doughnuts
Tender cake doughnuts with warm spices and the delicious flavor of apple cider, these Vegan Apple Cider Doughnuts are the perfect autumn treat!
Servings 12 doughnuts
Equipment
- 1-2 doughnut pans
Ingredients
- 1 cup apple cider
- 1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ cup applesauce
- ½ cup cane sugar
- ¼ cup neutral oil vegetable, avocado, coconut, etc.
- ¼ cup non dairy milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
Cinnamon Sugar Coating:
- ½ cup cane sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1-2 tbsp non dairy butter, melted
Instructions
- In a sauce pan, bring apple cider to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat to medium and continue to boil until reduce by half, about 10-15 minutes .You should have ½ cup. Cool before using.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Whisk well to thoroughly incorporate.
- In another bowl, combine applesauce, sugar, oil, non dairy milk, vanilla and reduced apple cider.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry. Stir to just to combine and form batter. Do not over mix.
- Spoon or pipe batter into prepared doughnut pan(s) filling ¾ of the way.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until golden and spring back when little pressed.
- Cool for 5-10 minutes before removing from pans.
- When cool enough to handle, brush with melted non dairy butter. Then dip into bowl of cinnamon sugar mixture butter side down. Twist to coat doughnut. Repeat this step to coat the other side, if desired.
Notes
- Gluten free - instead of all purpose flour, you can use a 1:1 all purpose gluten free blend.
- Oil - you can use vegetable, canola, avocado, coconut oil and any neutral flavored oil you prefer.
- Apple cider - instead of apple cider, you can use apple juice. Reduce the juice the same as apple cider. Add a ¼ teaspoon cinnamon and ¼ teaspoon allspice for a similar flavor to cider.
